Poor Dancing Etiquette Has Consequences

Victim tripped over woman at dance

Updated: 4:33 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2004
MANILA - A man and his two sons have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a neighbor and then eating parts of his body after he tripped over a woman relative at a dance, Philippine police said on Tuesday.
advertisementThe three men are suspected of stabbing neighbor Benjie Ganoy to death last month in a remote village in the southwestern island of Palawan. They ate his ears, tongue and arms after roasting the body over a fire, provincial police chief Michael Garraez said.
“They stabbed him repeatedly, cut off the man’s ears, pulled out his tongue and ate it,” Garraez told Reuters by telephone. He was quoting a sworn statement by a witness, who said he had been forced to eat some flesh taken from the victim’s arms.
Garraez said there was no tradition of cannibalism in the area.
He said the father had apparently been angry after Ganoy accidentally tripped over his daughter during a dance party.
Police said the victim went missing after the dance party on July 17. The witness led them to the burned body almost a week later.

But the guy had also borrowed their lawn mower and hadn't returned it for a few days, so that plus tripping over the woman... I think stabbing him to death, roasting him and eating him was perfectly justified. In fact, I think he got off easy.